6th Amendment
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.14.21
* Texas, being Texas, enacted a voter restriction law that looks like it will do bad things. Democrats who fled state to break quorum threatened with jail time. [The Hill]
* Today’s episode of things that don’t impact me: SCOTUS clerks likely looking at $450k sign-on bonuses. Maybe now they’ll be able to able to afford avocado toast? [National Law Journal]
* 9th Circuit crushes Lamborghini dreams in trademark suit. Better luck next time, Social Technologies. [Law360]
* 6th Amendment on, cameras off? Missouri Supreme Court will rule on if remote testifying can satisfy the right to confront one’s accusers. [News Tribune]
* Tennessee’s top vaccination official fired for sharing information in line with the CDC. [ArsTechnica]
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SCOTUS
War on Drugs, Civil Forfeiture, or The Sixth Amendment? A Supreme Court ‘F**k, Marry, Kill’
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Department of Justice, White-Collar Crime
DOJ Says They Can No Longer Afford To Respect The Attorney-Client Privilege
The DOJ really knows how to make the Sixth Amendment come alive!
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Christopher Christie, Constitutional Law, Crime, Politics
Is This Political Ad Against A Lawyer The Most Negative Ever?
Some say this ad "sets a new standard for immoral cynicism," for painting a basic constitutional principle as a moral failing. -
Barack Obama, Breasts, Facebook, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Jackson, Money, Morning Docket, Wall Street
Morning Docket: 12.15.11
* Guys in my high school White House dropped threats to veto defense bills authorizing infinite detention of U.S. citizens all the time, it was no big deal. Nothing like bastardizing the Sixth Amendment. [New York Times] * So much for occupying the court system, eh? This judge won’t budge on dismissals, and more than […]